Lamri

The lamri is the poorly understood, but ubiquitiously utilized, cornerstone technology of the galaxy. They are grown throughout the galaxy on various planets, including Alpha Centauri Prime. The lamri have a wide variety of functions, which include translating languages, powering ships and allowing faster than light travel.

The lamri's primary function is to allow ships to cross long distances via the Pull. By "Pulling" the smaller (generally the size of an ostrich egg) central lamri of a ship towards the large lamri located in civilized systems the ship travels at great speed. This "Pull" can be stopped part way to the large lamri by a sufficiently skilled, and reckless, pilot.

The lamri's secondary function is to translate languages. Each lamri can hold any number of known languages, with seemingly no limit. By attuning a lamri, you can add a language to it, provided your lamri has the same language.

Despite the mysterious nature of the lamri, they are not indestructibe. A striker blast set to "kill" will easily break a lamri.